Irish Rover

**Chords:**
G  C  G  D  G  
G  C  G  D  G  
C  G  C  G  D  G  
C  G  C  G  D  G

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In the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and six  
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We set sail from the sweet cove of Cork  
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We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks  
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For the grand city hall in New York  
  
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It was a wonderful craft, she was rigged fore and aft  
        D                 G        C         G  
And how the wild winds drove her  
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She'd got several blasts, she'd a salt-water mast  
        D                G  
And we called her the Irish Rover  
  
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There was a crew of her men, they were gallant and true  
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And they’d sailed with Captain Farrell  
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And the ship was a-rigged, she was built for the crew  
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And we called her the Irish Rover  
  
        C             G              C              G  
It was a wonderful craft, she was rigged fore and aft  
        D                 G        C         G  
And how the wild winds drove her  
        C                G               C             G  
She'd got several blasts, she'd a salt-water mast  
        D                G  
And we called her the Irish Rover